Fire-extinguisher.



N. BURAS & F. ADOLPH, JR. FIRE EXTINGUISHER.

APPLICATIOVN FILED SEPT. 30. 19m.

1 l 9 l ,560. Patented July 18, 1916.

NORBERT BURAS AND FRANK ADOLPH, JR., OF BOO'I'HVILLE, LOUISIANA.

FIRE-EXTINGUISHER.

Application filed September 30, 1915.

I To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, Nonnnn'r Burns andFRANK AooLrn, Jr., citizens of the United States, residing atBoothville, in the parish of Plaquemines and State of Louisiana, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Fire-Extinguishers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Our present invention pertains to fire extinguishing means and itcontemplates the provision of a simple, quick-operating and efficientapparatus for isolating gasolene or other fuel oil from the carburetorof an internal combustion engine in the event of fire occurring in thecarbureter, this with a view to cutting-off the supply of fuel and atthe same time extinguishing the fire by the use of water.

With the foregoing in mind, the invention will be fully understood fromthe following description and claims when the same are read inconnection with the drawing, accompanying and forming part of thisspecification, in which the figure is an elevation of the apparatusconstituting the best practical embodiment of our invention that we haveas yet devised.

In carrying out our invention in connection with a gasolene tank 1 and acarbureter 3 of an internal combustion engine, we 1nterpose between thetank 1 and the carbureter 3 a pipe 2, valved at I and provided, bypreference, above the valve at with a sight glass 11. To also provide awater tank 5 which in the preferred embodiment of our invention and forthe sake of compactness is arranged in superimposedrelation to thegasolene tank 1 as illustrated. From the tank 5 a pipe (3 extendsdownwardly and is connected to a receptacle 8 which, in turn, isconnected through a pipe 9 with the beforementioned fuel-supply pipe 2.The pipe 6 is provided at 7 with a cutofi valve, and the receptacle 8 1sprovlded at its lowermost point with a drain cock 10.

In the event of fire occurring in the carbureter, the operator of theapparatus has but to fully open the normally-closed valve 7, whereupon ahead of water will pass through the receptacle 8 and into the pipe 2.WVhen the water occupies the portion of the pipe 2 adjacent to thecarbureter, the gasolene or other oil being llghter than the water,retreats through the water to a position at the opposite side of thesame, wlth Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 18, 1916.

Serial No. 53,420.

reference to the carbureter, and in this way the gasolene or other oilis isolated from the fire in the carbureter. It will also be manifestthat at the same time a portion of the water will drench and tend to putout the fire, and the water will also have the effect of forcing thegasolene or other oil back toward the tank 1, and when this end isaccomplished, as can be readily ascertained through the sight glass 11,the valve 4 is closed with the result that the gasolene or other oil iscut off from the fire point.

When the 'fire is extinguished, the normally-closed valve 7 is closed toshut off the water, and then the normally-closed drain cock 10 is openedto permit water to escape from the receptacle 8 and the portion of thepipe 2 between said receptacle and the valve 4-, and then when the cock10 is closed and the valve 4 is opened, the operation of the engineconnected with the carbureter 2 can be reestablished.

Having described our invention, what we claim and desire to secure byLetters-Pet 'ent, is

1. In means for extinguishing fire in an internal combustion engine, thecombination with a fuel tank, a pipe leading from said tank to a part ofthe engine, and a valve arranged in said pipe at an intermediate pointin the length thereof; of a receptacle connected with said pipe at apoint below the valve thereof and having a drain cook, a water tankelevated above the first-named pipe, and a valved pipe leading from thewater tank to the said receptacle.

2. In means for extinguishing fire in an internal combustion engine, thecombination with a fuel tank, a pipe leading from said tank to a part ofthe engine, a valve ar ranged in said pipe, and a sight glass arrangedin the pipe above said valve;v of a water tank elevated above said pipe,and a valved-conduit leading from the water tank to the first-named pipeat a point below the valve thereof.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

hi nonnnnr BURAS.

, mark FRANK ADOLPH, J R. Witnesses JOHN Bums, AUG. A. Bums.

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